United States · Resolution · SRES
S.Res. 493 (117th)
A resolution recognizing the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower all parents with the freedom to choose the best educational environment for their children and to combat destructive ideologies like Critical Race Theory promoted by many public schools.
Introduced
19 January 2022
Last action
19 January 2022 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S352)
Sponsors
James Lankford, Kevin Cramer, Ron Johnson, Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ted Cruz, Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], John Boozman, Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], Steve Daines, Roger Wicker, Thomas Tillis
Subjects
Environment, Education
Source updated
21 April 2025
Summary
This resolution recognizes and promotes the importance of parental involvement in the education of children and recognizes the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower parents to choose the best educational environment for their children.
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Timeline
19 January 2022
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S352)
Source: IntroReferral
19 January 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 19 January 2022 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 January 2022
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 January 2022
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 19 January 2022
Sponsors
- James Lankford · R · Sponsor
- Kevin Cramer · R · Sponsor
- Ron Johnson · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Cindy Hyde-Smith · R · Sponsor
- Ted Cruz · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- John Boozman · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
- Steve Daines · R · Sponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-resolution/493
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/sres/493
- us · 117-sres-493 · source updated 21 April 2025